Hotel chain boss pleads with first minister to let the hospitality sector reopen next month

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08.02.2021 - 18:50

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PA his business is losing over £1000 every hour during lockdown. And it is having to borrow money from the bank simply to stay closed.

Mr Leckie said he understood the position the Scottish Government was in and said there had been useful talks with Nicola Sturgeon, as well as the likes of finance minister Kate Forbes.

But he said the industry was ready to trade its way out of the COVID nightmare. He said: “This isn’t about anyone moaning, and it’s not anyone’s fault. “We all have a role to play as residents of the country and we do as an industry. “But the biggest thing the government could do for us now is to let us trade - let us trade in March. “Do not keep us locked up and closed an hour longer. “We are losing £25,000 a day.

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